Congrats to
Phillies on Poliwag, Foongus, Hoppip, Larvesta, Aron, Oddish x3, Nosepass, and Buneary,
Cyberra on Butterfree, Amaura, Geodude, Tyrunt, Vivillon x2, Volbeat, Ducklett, and Masquerain,
taufik386 on Rufflet, Scatterbug, and Duskull,
Regi_Rocks on Foongus,
SheroGH on Metang,
Iwanuq on Klefki, Spearow, and Rufflet,
Dangertrout on Throh x4, Tyrogue x4, Venonat, and Diglett (hope you're hanging in there okay btw),
Paraqua on Munna,
wobbanut on Bellsprout (too bad about the other one though),
TheShinyLunatone on Sandshrew,
Psychic on Drowzee,
Claus351 on Eevee x2, Zigzagoon, and Frogadier,
SkyMew on Tornadus, Entei, and Vulpix,
oarfish on Raikou, Lugia, Heatran, and Mesprit (lucky you!),
camhines4 on Pinsir, Chansey, and Chatot,
Blastonite on Ekans, Seviper, Houndour, Snorlax, and Nincada, and anyone else I may have missed on your shinies!
Thanks to
Cpchris and
Keane for the luck!
What was the rarest situation in which you got a shiny?
Which shiny is your favorite?
Which shiny made you freak out the most?
In terms of appearance rate, my rarest shiny has to be my 5% Gliscor, which I randomly encountered in a shaking spot during my Black 2 Nuzlocke while Audino grinding. Needless to say, I threw the Nuzlocke rules right out the window for that capture. XD Another rare find was my random shiny Terrakion in White a few years ago - this was before I started shiny hunting, and I was just trying to reset for one with good IVs and nature. It couldn't have been more than about 50 resets before Terrakion showed up in red and tan, and I proceeded to freak the heck out. Luckily I caught it even without a Master Ball.
My favorite shiny is probably either Scolipede or the Treecko line - the bright red and ice blue color combination on them is simply gorgeous (although I
might be biased because red is my favorite color). I was going to list off all my honorable mentions, but those are way too many to name. I like so many shinies, haha.
As for my biggest freak out, I've had quite a few... boisterous reactions to shinies, but the most memorable for me is my first shiny Eevee, which took 10,711 SRs and well over 100 hours of hunting. I was over the moon when he appeared - I screamed loud enough that my parents heard me in the other room, and I think it took me like 5 minutes to calm down. XD
We should have more questions like this more often, it's nice to reminisce about our old shinies once in a while. : D
On a more familiar topic, I've found it very difficult to find time to hunt this week due to school obligations, and no shinies appeared during the few sessions I managed to sneak into my schedule. Lugia is at 9800 SRs, Route 114 is at 8700 REs, Winding Woods is at 1100 REs, and Volcarona is underway at 100 SRs. Only about 1000 more SRs to go before Lugia becomes my longest hunt ever. >_< I don't know how often I'll get to hunt for the next couple of weeks between the holidays and finals rapidly approaching, but hopefully one of my targets will be nice and decide to shine soon.
Good luck to all of you on your hunts, especially
Supremacy, Cpchris, and
Keane!